Defending champion Novak Djokovic set up a semi-final showdown with 'Big Three' rival Roger Federer at the Australian Open on Tuesday with a thumping 6-4 6-3 7-6(1) victory over Canada's hapless Milos Raonic.

Australian Open: Novak Djokovic sets up Federer showdown after Milos Raonic rout

Canada's Davis Cup Finals hopes suffered a blow when Milos Raonic withdrew from the team on Monday with a back injury. The 28-year-old former world number three will be replaced by 94th-ranked Brayden Schnur for the week-long event in Madrid.

Tennis: Raonic withdraws from Canada's Davis Cup team

Marin Cilic and Milos Raonic booked their spots in the Paris Masters second round on Monday, while Roger Federer pulled out of the tournament with next month's ATP Finals on the horizon.

Tennis: Cilic, Raonic make winning starts at Paris Masters; Federer withdraws

Reilly Opelka blasted his way into the third round at Wimbledon on Wednesday as the giant 21-year-old American's serve eventually proved too hot to handle for triple grand slam champion Stan Wawrinka in a high-octane five set duel.

Wimbledon: Reilly Opelka blasts past Stan Wawrinka into third round

Canadian Milos Raonic fired down 13 aces to defeat Miomir Kecmanovic 6-3, 6-4 and set up a BNP Paribas Open semi-final against Dominic Thiem after the Austrian's opponent, Gael Monfils, withdrew injured before their match on Thursday.

Milos Raonic downs Miomir Kecmanovic, Dominic Thiem gets walk over at Indian Wells

Big-serving Milos Raonic eased into the Australian Open quarter-finals with a surprisingly one-sided 6-1 6-1 7-6(5) victory over frustrated fourth seed Alexander Zverev, who smashed his racket to a pulp as Monday's match was slipping away.

Raonic sweeps aside angry Alexander Zverev to reach Australian Open quarters

Stan Wawrinka lost to 16th seed Milos Raonic in the second round of Australian Open on Thursday at Rod Laver Arena. The 2014 champion Wawrinka, unseeded for the first time since his debut in 2006 after being plagued by injury, fell to the Canadian after four sets decided on tiebreaks 6-7 (4/7), 7-6 (8/6), 7-6 (13/11), 7-6 (7/5).

Australian Open: Milos Raonic edges past Stan Wawrinka in four-set thriller

In pics: Highlights of Day 4 of the Australian Open

The 86th-ranked Slovakian beat the 22nd seeded Raonic 6-7 (5/7), 7-5, 6-4, 7-6 (7/4)

Australian Open: Milos Raonic crashes, drives out of Slam

Raonic has won?just 8 titles but has failed to raise his game at the right time losing twice to Roger Federer at Wimbledon

Meet Milos Raonic, the 'unluckiest player' in tennis

The Spaniard will face Gael Monfils in the fourth round, while Milos Raonic beat Simon to progress to the next round

Australian Open: Rafael Nadal staves off Zverev challenge

'I could have won it, I gave myself the chances' said Raonic, who won 83 points to Djokovic's 85. 'I did a lot of good things'

Djokovic just slides past Raonic at ATP World Tour Finals

Milos Raonic and Simona Halep joined a growing list of athletes to pull out of Rio Games due to health concerns

Raonic and Halep withdraw from Rio Olympics over Zika

Alexander Zverev as become the youngest man to crack the top 30 since Djokovic in 2006

No Zika bite fright for Rio-bound Stosur, Zverev

He delivers another command performance, beats the big-serving Canadian Milos Ranonic with a clinical 6-4, 7-6(3), 7-6(2)

Andy does it again, wins Wimbledon a second time

Sam Querrey failed to produce the kind of scintillating form from the baseline that helped him to beat world number one Novak Djokovic

Classy Raonic powers past Querrey into Wimbledon last four

He beat the Canadian in three sets to lift the super-sized trophy

Murray downs Raonic to win record fifth Queen's title

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